Charlestown drug court opens to offer treatment as alternative to prison
A new drug court designed to assist individuals on probation who suffer with chronic substance abuse is now up and running in Charlestown. The Charlestown Addiction Recovery Treatment Program, or CHART, was established by Charlestown Division of …
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Alcohol and drug abuse treatment available at Adcare Hospital
WEST SPRINGFIELD, Mass. (Mass Appeal) – Last month was alcohol awareness month, but it's always important to think about substance abuse. AdCare Hospital has committed itself to helping individuals and their families cope with addiction one life at a …
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Clearview Treatment Programs Clinical Director to Present on DBT and …
Not all treatments are effective when it comes to treating a dual diagnosis of Borderline Personality Disorder (BPD) and addiction. Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT) is one therapy that is proving to be successful for the treatment of both BPD and …
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Dr. Premal J. Desai Honored as a Patients' Choice Award Recipient – PRWeb
La Peer Health Systems is an outpatient surgery center in Beverly Hills, founded by doctors and focused on providing excellent patient care alongside the most cutting-edge medical treatments available. With 47 world-renowned physicians in 13 …
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Mirasol Eating Disorder Recovery Centers Announces the Hiring of Tena Moyer …
In the past, she has also held the position of Medical Director and/or Staff Psychiatrist for some of the leading eating disorder, substance abuse, and dual diagnosed treatment centers. Tena received her M.D. from the University of California School of …
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OHSU teams with Intel to decode the root causes of cancer and other complex …
Better understanding of how this circuitry works has potential to enable medical researchers to develop detection tools that find cancer at earlier and more treatable stages, diagnosis and staging methods that more precisely guide treatment decisions …
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Bob Vogt: BottleRock grew out of an attorney's passion for music
He is a lawyer who made a career of real estate development and created a chain of drive-up coffee kiosks, while dabbling in his dual passions for music and sports. Through a twist of … They also supported the Tug McGraw Foundation and autism …
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Infectious Diseases: How They Spread, How To Stop Them
And we were hearing from our health care partners, the hospitals, the community health centers, that their staff was really, really stressed, and they were having trouble keeping up with the number of people coming in with influenza. You know, there's …
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Burning Tree Attending 13th Annual CAPTASA Conference
Burning Tree maintains two treatment centers in Texas, near Austin and Dallas, providing long-term residential treatment for substance abuse patients from the contiguous U.S. The centers provide a dual diagnosis to determine potential co-occurring …
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Runwell Awards 12 Grants To Addiction Treatment Centers In Its First Year
"We're thrilled we were able to support 12 treatment programs in our first year," said Quirk, who has completed marathons and ultra-running events around the world in support of addiction treatment efforts. "As a non-profit, we understand how a little …
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American Addiction Centers Opens Desert Hope, Largest Treatment Center in …
American Addiction Centers, a national behavioral healthcare provider focused on addiction treatment and rehabilitation through dual diagnosis, announced today the opening of Desert Hope, its newest facility located in Las Vegas (2465 East Twain Avenue …
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Local treatment facilities see increased demand with alcohol, prescription …
In Anne Arundel County, the number of people admitted into state-supported drug and alcohol treatment programs reached 3,570 in 2011, up from 2,824 in 2008, according to the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration. “It has increased …
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Local treatment facilities see increased demand with alcohol, prescription …
Another center called Pathways — a treatment facility run by Anne Arundel Medical Center celebrating its 20th anniversary — is looking to add more intensive programs as patients present increasingly complex substance abuse problems. They are looking …
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American Addiction Centers Opens Desert Hope, Largest Treatment Center in …
American Addiction Centers, a national behavioral healthcare provider focused on addiction treatment and rehabilitation through dual diagnosis, announced today the opening of Desert Hope, its newest facility located in Las Vegas (2465 East Twain Avenue …
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Treatment centers lack funding to help drug addiction
PRESTONSBURG, Ky. (WYMT) – Officials say prescription drug abuse is leading the drug epidemic. They say treating the addiction is key, but limited funding for treating substance abuse is making that difficult. "You wouldn't believe the amount of …
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Addiction treatment center opens in Bridgeport
Cambio Life Recovery Center opened its doors with a ribbon-cutting Nov. 30. The private, 16-bed inpatient and outpatient addiction treatment facility occupies space in the Medical Office Building attached to North Texas Community Hospital. Its …
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State jails struggle with lack of treatment, rehab programs
Perhaps it should come as no surprise that Gene Mooney, a small-time thief and drug user who was the poster boy for the creation of Texas' system of rehabilitation-oriented state jails in 1995, is still in prison. After all, had he received more drug …
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American Addiction Centers Opens Desert Hope, Largest Treatment Center in …
American Addiction Centers, a national behavioral healthcare provider focused on addiction treatment and rehabilitation through dual diagnosis, announced today the opening of Desert Hope, its newest facility located in Las Vegas (2465 East Twain Avenue).
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